Óscar Tulio Lizcano (born 1947) is a Colombian
conservative politician
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and a member of the
Colombia Conservative Party who was a
congressman
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for the
Department of Caldas (a position now taken by his son). On August 5, 2000, while serving as congressman, Lizcano was kidnapped in
Riosucio,
Caldas, by the
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group and held for 8 years. On October 23, 2008, he escaped captivity with the help of one of his jailers who took the decision to desert due to the immense pressure inflicted by the Colombian army on the rebel group.
Colombian army frees Farc hostage
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According to correspondence sent by Lizcano he was continuously moved through different guerrilla camps in the Caldas countryside and was suffering from malaria
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects humans and other animals. Malaria causes symptoms that typically include fever, tiredness, vomiting, and headaches. In severe cases, it can cause jaundice, seizures, coma, or death. S ...
.[Educaweb: Oscar Tulio Lizcano]
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See also
*Kidnappings in Colombia
Kidnappings in Colombia refers to the practice of kidnapping in the Republic of Colombia. This criminal practice was first introduced in modern Colombian history during the early 1970s by the guerrilla movements and, later, also by criminal grou ...
*List of political hostages held by FARC
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) was a self-proclaimed Marxist-Leninist revolutionary guerrilla organization, listed internationally as a terrorist group by a number of countries. Estimates claim that the FARC at one point had h ...
*FARC-EP
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People's Army ( es, link=no, Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de ColombiaEjército del Pueblo, FARC–EP or FARC) is a Marxist–Leninist guerrilla group involved in the continuing Colombian confl ...
References
External links
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El Colombiano: Letters of Oscar Tulio Lizcano
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1947 births
Colombian Conservative Party politicians
Colombian economists
Members of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia
Kidnapped Colombian people
Kidnapped politicians
Living people
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